Gems from the Wisdom Traditions: Islam Means Surrender
/At the Rumi Educational Center we enjoy working with other groups, organisations, and institutions to create unique lectures and presentations in various locations. These provide an opportunity for those who are new to Rumi to accept his invitation to explore the world within.
In April 2021, the Rumi Educational Center was hosted by the Still & Moving Center, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Fariba Enteshari was guest speaker in their segment, Gems from the Wisdom Traditions – moderated by Renée Tillotson, Director & Founder of Still & Moving Center. Fariba’s talk was titled, “Islam Means Surrender” on the Sufi tradition. She presented on the idea of surrender within Islam and Sufi traditions.
About Gems From the Wisdom Traditions
This free weekly offering gives spiritual seekers the opportunity to learn and share from the great wealth of the world’s wisdom traditions. Each week we will focus on one brilliant gem, a teaching to illuminate our minds and hearts.
Various cultures in all times and places have produced sparkling gems of inspiration - the crystallized essence of spiritual insight. In many cases we know something of the enlighted being - sage, seerer, saint - who gave us that gem and lived his or her life accordingly. In all cases, these teachings have informed the lives of the tradition’s followers, bringing clarity to their daily decisions and depth to their meditations.
To begin each circle, one featured speaker will give a short presentation on a brilliant spiritual teaching from one of the world’s wisdom traditions, together with information on the Teacher who conveyed and embodied it.
The group will then take up the topic presented, with opportunity for free conversation and questions, wonderings and examples, of how we might apply this week’s teaching.